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Is a mistake-proof
design workflow
possible?
Achieving quality deliverables by
empowering people with software.
By:
Ivan Pena
Vice President for Marketing
Contact
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-727-442-7774 extension 160
Overview
• Defining the problem
• How does software leverage
compliance?
• What’s best for my company?
Defining the problem
Defining the problem
Defining the problem
Common design
problems
Standards Adherence
• Rejections due to violations
• No easy way to keep standards in
• Manual proofing is error-prone
File Integrity
• Compatibility errors
• Multi-site file sharing
Submittal Errors
• Making corrections takes too long
How does software
leverage compliance?
• Define where in the flow to enforce CAD
standards and do it
• Prevent data from becoming compromised
(or have an option to fix)
• Automate bulk changes
When do you enforce
CAD standards?
Problem: Rejections due to violations
Problem: No easy way to keep standards in
Problem: Manual proofing is error-prone
Solution: Implement software at different
stages to prevent incorrect placement of data.
• Select from predefined menu (SpecManager)
• Prevent from placing (SpecMonitor)
• Check/correct in batch (SpecChecker)
Maintain data
integrity
Problem: Compatibility errors
Problem: Multi-site file sharing
Solution: Have software that prevents files
from becoming corrupted or have a fast solution
to fix unhealthy files.
For example, Axiom’s FileFixer for MicroStation
Automate bulk
changes
Problem: Making corrections takes too long
Solution: Have software that automates timeconsuming tasks, like:
•Importing and maintaining spreadsheets
•Repathing references
•Renaming project folders
•Resequencing sheet numbers
•Making text, cell or symbology changes in batch
What’s best for my
company?
• Survey CAD managers and design team leaders
• Get in communication with clients/contractors and
understand what you need and want from each
other
• Implement the solution that covers the most bases
• Accept that it is a changing process
• Don’t limit yourself to initial cost in assessing ROI
• Less effort = More productivity
• Innovation versus Keeping Up
Is a mistake-proof
design workflow
possible?
Who is Axiom?
• MicroStation service and solution provider,
specializing in task automation, productivityboosting software and training.
• In business for over 21 years.
• Help the designers of the world’s
infrastructure create their designs efficiently
and cost-effectively, thus reducing the costs of
projects.
Thank you!